IT spend will breach $7trn for the first time in 2027

Worldwide IT spending is expected to reach $7,35-trillion in 2027, up 15% from 2026, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. “Collectively, the market forces are reinforcing spend around AI infrastructure, AI-enabled cloud platforms, and advanced software...

As African CEOs embrace AI, ROI is still elusive

By Kathy Gibson - African companies are in the middle of learning and adopting artificial intelligence (AI), and adapting to the changes it brings. But they are also looking beyond adoption at how to measure value from their AI investments, says Ladi Asuni, partner...

Africa moves from AI ambition to action

AI has moved from potential to proven economic value and while ambition setting is near universal across economies, execution speed is the differentiator, according to Boston Consulting Group’s The AI Maturity Matrix 2026: AI Is Transforming How Economies Develop and...

The shocking reality facing jobseekers

Of the 867 706 people who registered looking for entry-level work in retail, restaurants and quick-service outlets over a 13-month period, just 6 566 were appointed - approximately one in every 132 – and between them, they sent nearly five million applications. The...

Mobile wallet payments surge, set for more growth

The mobile wallets industry continues booming, with more people than ever choosing mobile payment services as a safer and more convenient way of managing money. According to data presented by BlockArabia.com, the transaction value in the mobile POS payments segment is...

For Africa, economic growth depends on protecting nature

Africa's prosperity depends on preserving its vast natural wealth, yet the continent's natural capital stocks are dwindling rapidly. This is one of the conclusions in a new report by the German government, offering a comprehensive assessments of the strong links...

Smartphone top online sales in Q1

Smartphones have once again dominated sales from Orange's online store in South Africa. The company has released statistics on the best-selling products in the first quarter of 2016. The top 10 products in 2016 Q1 were: * Wileyfox Swift * LG G2 Mini * Samsung Galaxy...

Industrial PC market to stabilise in 2018

While the global market for industrial PCs has experienced ups and downs in recent years, it is forecast to pick up in 2016 and will start to stabilize in 2018. The key reason for the increase in short-term growth is an expected improvement in the outlook for process...

Cell C launches LTE-Advanced in SA

Cell C has announced the commercial availability of its next generation broadband technology, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town. LTE Advanced is the next major step in the evolution of our LTE network that will deliver customers faster data...

Spending on IoT security set to rocket

Worldwide spending on Internet of Things (IoT) security will reach $348-million in 2016, a 23,7% increase from 2015 spending of $281,5-million, according to Gartner. Spending on IoT security is expected to reach $547-million in 2018. Although overall spending will...

Data is not used effectively

While digital marketing spend continues to grow, companies could be missing out on making full use of all the information at their disposal. This is according to James McCormick, Forrester principal analyst serving customer insight professionals, who says: "The age of...

Why SA operators fail on mobile money

Operator-led mobile money services in South Africa have failed to gain traction because they have faced competition from mass retail chains and banks, which have been more successful in addressing the needs of both the unbanked and banked populations. This is the word...

All board members have to add value

Boards cannot afford to have directors around the table who aren't delivering value, whether they are men or women. This is according to a new report based on the 2016 Global Board of Directors survey, released by Professor Boris Groysberg and Yo-Jud Cheng of Harvard...

Africa in its sights as VMware adds distributors

VMware, a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility, has made changes to its distribution partners in southern, west, east and central Africa, appointing new distributors to help provide resellers in Africa, better access to VMware solutions. "The...

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